Rare to find cockpit control panel broken apart section from inside German Heinkel 111 bomber shot down and crashed near petworth on the 16th August 1940 during the battle of the Britain

This is a rare to find cockpit control panel broken apart section it is aluminium made with the remains of the back section of a cockpit gauge.The part is in relic but solid condition with some original colour it is a bit pitted pretty much all over but has been very well cleaned it is in very good condition for display or any collection and a nice rare find rusty in places and has been nicely cleaned perfect for display or any collection and is 6 inches by 5 inches. This part comes from the cockpit area on German Heinkel 111 bomber shot down and crashed near petworth on the 16th August 1940 during the battle of the Britain. And a nice relic from the famous battle of Britain and German Heinkel 111 bomber and comes with 2xA5 laminated information sheets with a picture of the crash site in 1940.

German Heinkel 111 bomber of 4/KG55 flown Hauptmann W.Sabler who was Staffelkapitan the plane was shot down at 4.55pm on the 16th August 1940 during the battle of Britain.

The plane was shot down by Pilot Officer A.V Clowes and Pilot officer G.E Goodman of Number 1 Hurricane Squadron during a mission to bomb Heathrow airfield also attacked by RAF spitfires of number 602 Squadron. The plane crashed with a full bomb load and with a tremendous explosion blasted a large crater in to the field at Upper Frithfold Farm in Northchapel near Petworth.None of the crew were able to escape the doomed bomber the crew were Hauptmann W.Sabler,Feldwebel E.Muller,Feldwebel W.Magerhans,Gefreiter A.Szymanowski and Unteroffizier E.Schmidtke were all killed only one of the crew could be identified Feldwebel E.Muller. The plane was excavated in 1973 by Tangmere Military Aviation Museum Group. 

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